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But nobody, nobody expected september 11th. [ screaming ] >> the world trade center. >> on that day, guys from my firehouse, my best friends, were some of the first firefighters into tower one after the plane hit.
That left fire department radio. suddenly you have hundreds and hundreds of firefighters that have radios. seems to become more and more difficult. when one guy from the wtc who was trying frantically to reach anyone on the elevators. >> 69, can you respond? is there anyone to respond? >> and going through the list. >> hello. is there anyone in this car? >> there's about 98 elevators in the world trade center. >> if you can't speak -- >> in the middle of all this, suddenly an elevator opens up. and we see people not having a clue of what's going on. they've been stuck in there since the first ...
I think it says a lot about what's inside them. it most likely says a lot about their parents and how they lived their lives. >> it was after 9/11 when i knew that i have to make sure i get on this job. for me wanting to always be a firefighter, but for also me wanting to carry on my father's legacy. >> another legacy kid, josephine smith. her dad kevin was a hazmat specialist. her father rushed to the towers after the first plane hit. he never came home, and his body was never recovered. >> i'm always looking up at my dad. i'm like you're going to see, dad. i'm going to be a firefighter one d...
I had a 9:10 class at the communications school, and i had come in already and i was the -- the first plane hit and the second plane hit while we were watching it there as well. this documentary is kind of the answer to the where were you on 9/11. everybody remembers. and it kind of put me in the mind of the people who were there on that day, the ones we see in the textbooks, the ones we have seen over the last 20 years, which angles of the story have we not heard? and those students sitting there facing the president as andy card whispered those 11 words into his ear, a second plane has hit t...
>> so i believe we are going to see a lot more saudi national names in the reports and learn how the money was transferred and where the money came from. i believe telephone records, more details about the plans and plotting of the attacks and how many saudi nationals were involved and helping facilitate the attacks. neil: terry, i know this anniversary must be especially painful this year but if you don't mind, can you tell us how you found out that your husband didn't make it 20 years ago? >> well, told me that a plane hit the building and how horrific it was and awful lot of screaming in th...